raid517 wrote: > Not too far off topic - since it is about converting DVB streams to > DVD and iPod compatable formats. It is pretty hard to have one without > the other. > > Anyway it's still not making much sense to me. > > This time I did this: > > mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -oac faac -faacopts br=10:raw > -of lavf -o "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.mp4" -oac faac -faacopts > br=128:raw "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" > > And I got this output: > > mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -oac faac -faacopts br=NN:raw > -of lavf -o "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.mp4" -oac faac -faacopts > br=128:raw "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" 1) use either -of mpeg for mpeg(dvd etc.) or -of lavf (for mp4 and others), not both at the same time 2) use only once -faacopts 3) br=NN stands for bitrate in NN kb/s, so br=128 is a good choice > MEncoder dev-CVS--4.0.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team > CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 64 Newcastle,Winchester,San > Diego,Venice; Sempron Palermo (Family: 15, Stepping: 0) > CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > Compiled for Debian > 89 audio & 203 video codecs > The br option must be an integer: NN > > Exiting... (error parsing cmdline) > > I know you said 'yes' when I asked is NN was supposed to be a number, > but you neglected to say what this number is. the bitrate in kb/s > > If I include some random number (say 10) for NN - since I do not know > the correct value for this number, I get another error message saying: it's way too low to make sense > > mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -oac faac -faacopts br=10:raw > -of lavf -o "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.mp4" -oac faac -faacopts > br=128:raw "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" > [snip] > No video encoder (-ovc) selected. Select one (see -ovc help). you missed the video codec of the output stream: either -ovc copy or one of the many formats available -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:..... followed by the appropriate lavcopts for the format you want to have; read mencoder's docs for more details. Please, don't top-reply -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Hai una fotocamera digitale e vuoi stampare le tue immagini * su vera carta fotografica professionale? Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=1533&d=21-11